I'm hoping to embark on a minor self-tutorial about China. Check back in six months to see if I got anywhere. Starting with Chinese dissident and economist Minqui Li's The Rise of China and the Demise of the Capitalist World Economy (how's that for provocative?), published by Monthly Review.

It's been a while since I've used the blog, so anyone who might check it now and then must be thinking I've lost interest or stopped reading?

No, just haven't had much time. In fact, today the only reason I'm here is because I'm at home, sick. In any event I'll be updating the reading list more fully soon.